Senate Bill 802: Legislation
will update standards applied to boilers while strengthening safety
requirements. Additionally, the bill will allow for private inspection of
boilers and unfired pressure vessels in the Commonwealth.
Senate Bill 802: An
Act amending the act of June 18, 1998 (P.L.655, No.85), known as the Boiler and
Unfired Pressure Vessel Law, further providing for definitions, for design and
construction, for construction of act, for registration of boilers and unfired
pressure vessels, for shop inspection, for repairs and alterations and for
field inspection; repealing provisions relating to issuance of certificates of
operation, inspector commissions and fees for examination, enforcement,
placement of equipment out of service, regulatory authority, right of entry,
accident report, fees, procedure in prosecutions and penalties; and providing
for field inspection frequency, for certificates of operation, for inspector
commissions and for authorized private inspection agencies, for powers of
department, for department investigation, for accident report, for fees, for
department enforcement and for administrative penalties.
Last Action: Presented to the
Governor, Nov. 22, 2013
Legislation may be found here…
MEMORANDUM
Posted: March
6, 2013 02:23 PM
From: Senator Jake
Corman
To: All Senate
members
Subject: Modernizing
and Revising the Boiler and Unfired Pressure Vessel Law
In the near future, I plan to introduce legislation aimed at
modernizing and revising the Commonwealth’s Boiler and Unfired Pressure Vessel
Law. The legislation will update standards applied to boilers while
strengthening safety requirements. Additionally, the bill will allow for
private inspection of boilers and unfired pressure vessels in the Commonwealth.
The Boiler and Unfired Pressure Vessel Law came to my
attention as a business in my district sought to use new boiler technology in
their operations, but was restricted due to outdated standards in statute. Through conversations and work with the
Department of Labor and Industry, this amendment was crafted to allow for new
modern standards to be adopted, while allowing for future modernization as
well.
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